Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Twelve teams qualified for the women's field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021[1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Japan as the host nation qualified automatically. In addition, the remaining six nations will be determined by an Olympic qualification event. As hosts Japan also won the Asian Games title, a seventh quota place was added to the Olympic qualification event.[2]

Table

Event(s)	Dates	Location	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation	7 September 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan
2018 Asian Games	19 August – 1 September 2018	Jakarta	–	–^1
2019 Pan American Games	29 July – 9 August 2019	Lima	1	Argentina
2019 African Olympic Qualifier	12 – 18 August 2019	Stellenbosch	1	South Africa
2019 EuroHockey Championship	17 – 25 August 2019	Antwerp	1	Netherlands
2019 Oceania Cup	5 – 8 September 2019	Rockhampton	1	New Zealand
2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers	25 October – 3 November 2019	Various	7	Australia  China  Germany  Great Britain  India  Ireland  Spain
Total			12

^1 – Japan qualified both as the hosts and the continental champions, therefore that quota is added to the FIH Olympic Qualifiers rather than going to the runners-up of the tournament.[2]

2018 Asian Games

The champion of the women's field hockey tournament at the 2018 Asian Games qualifies for the Olympics. If Japan is the winner, the quota place is added to the qualification events rather than going to the runner-up.[2]

Qualified teams

Means of qualification	Dates	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host country	19 September 2014	Jakarta	1	Indonesia
2014 Asian Games	20 September – 2 October 2014	Incheon	5	South Korea
				China
				India
				Japan
				Malaysia
Asian Games Qualifiers	12–20 January 2018	Bangkok	4	Thailand
				Hong Kong
				Chinese Taipei
				Kazakhstan
Total			10

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	4	4	0	0	24	3	+21	12	Semifinals
2	China	4	2	1	1	28	6	+22	7
3	Malaysia	4	2	1	1	22	5	+17	7	5th place game
4	Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	3	3	33	−30	3	7th place game
5	Hong Kong	4	0	0	4	2	32	−30	0	9th place game

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	4	0	0	38	1	+37	12	Semifinals
2	South Korea	4	3	0	1	17	4	+13	9
3	Thailand	4	1	0	3	3	11	−8	3	5th place game
4	Indonesia (H)	4	1	0	3	2	16	−14	3	7th place game
5	Kazakhstan	4	1	0	3	4	32	−28	3	9th place game

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
(H) Host.

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal game
	29 August
	Japan	2
					31 August
	South Korea	0
					Japan	2
	29 August
					India	1
	India	1
	China	0
					Bronze medal game
					31 August
					South Korea	1
					China	2

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Japan
	India
	China
4	South Korea
5	Malaysia
6	Thailand
7	Indonesia
8	Chinese Taipei
9	Hong Kong
10	Kazakhstan

2019 Pan American Games

Qualified teams

Event	Dates	Location	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	N/A	N/A	1	Peru (38)
2018 South American Games	30 May – 7 June	Cochabamba	2	Argentina (3)  Uruguay (25)
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	20–28 July	Barranquilla	2	Cuba (63)  Mexico (30)
2017 Women's Pan American Cup	5–13 August	Lancaster	3	Canada* (18)  Chile (15)  United States (13)
Total			8

• A playoff was not held, and Canada was automatically given the spot.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	18	1	+17	9	Quarter-finals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	15	3	+12	6
3	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	8	8	0	3
4	Cuba	3	0	0	3	2	31	−29	0

Source: FIH

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	17	2	+15	9	Quarter-finals
2	Chile	3	2	0	1	17	4	+13	6
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Peru (H)	3	0	0	3	0	25	−25	0

Source: FIH
(H) Host.

Classification round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	4 August
	Argentina	21
					6 August
	Peru	0
					Argentina	3
	4 August
					Chile	1
	Uruguay	0
									9 August
	Chile	5
									Argentina	5
	4 August
									Canada	1
	Canada	9
					6 August
	Mexico	0
					Canada	2
	4 August
					United States	0			Bronze medal match
	Cuba	0
									9 August
	United States	9
									Chile	1
									United States	5

2019 African Olympic Qualifier

Teams

The following seven teams, shown with pre-tournament FIH World Rankings, were expected to participate in the tournament.[5] Nigeria and Uganda withdrew before the tournament.

•  Ghana (32)
•  Kenya (45)
•  Namibia (40)
•  Nigeria (47)
•  South Africa (16)
•  Uganda (–)
•  Zimbabwe (66)

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	4	4	0	0	16	0	+16	12	2020 Summer Olympics
2	Ghana	4	2	1	1	7	8	−1	7
3	Zimbabwe	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1	6
4	Kenya	4	1	1	2	2	6	−4	4
5	Namibia	4	0	0	4	2	12	−10	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[6]
(H) Host.

2019 EuroHockey Championship

Qualified teams

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[7]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
15 June 2016	Host		1	Belgium (9)
18–26 August 2017	2017 EuroHockey Championship	Amstelveen, Netherlands	5	Netherlands (1)  England (4)  Germany (5)  Spain (7)  Ireland (8)
6–12 August 2017	2017 EuroHockey Championship II	Cardiff, Wales	2	Belarus (22)  Russia (23)
Total			8

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	16	2	+14	5
3	Belgium (H)	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4	Pool C
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	1	19	−18	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]
(H) Host.

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	7	Semi-finals
2	Germany	3	1	2	0	15	2	+13	5
3	Ireland	3	1	1	1	13	3	+10	4	Pool C
4	Belarus	3	0	0	3	3	28	−25	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 August
	Spain	2
					25 August
	Germany	3
					Germany	0
	23 August
					Netherlands	2
	England	0
	Netherlands	8
					Third place
					25 August
					Spain (p.s.o.)	1 (3)
					England	1 (2)

2019 Oceania Cup

Olympic qualifying events

Originally, twelve teams were to take part in the Olympic Qualifiers. These teams were to be drawn into six pairs; each pair playing a two-match, aggregate score series. The winner of each series qualified for the Olympics. As Japan won the 2018 Asian Games (thereby qualifying twice, once as host and once as Asian champions), there were 14 teams, seven of whom qualified.[2]

Qualification

The participating teams were confirmed on 29 August 2019 by the International Hockey Federation.[9]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
26 January – 29 June 2019	2019 FIH Pro League		2[lower-alpha 1]	Argentina[lower-alpha 2]  Australia  Germany  Netherlands[lower-alpha 2]
8–16 June 2019	2018–19 FIH Series Finals	Banbridge	2	Ireland  South Korea
15–23 June 2019		Hiroshima	1	India  Japan[lower-alpha 3]
19–27 June 2019		Valencia	2	Canada  Spain
8 September 2019	FIH World Rankings		7[lower-alpha 1]	Belgium  Chile  China  Great Britain  Italy  New Zealand[lower-alpha 2]  Russia  United States
Total			14

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Australia	9–2	Russia	4–2	5–0
China	2–2 (2–1 p.s.o.)	Belgium	0–2	2–0
Spain	4–1	South Korea	2–1	2–0
India	6–5	United States	5–1	1–4
Germany	9–0	Italy	2–0	7–0
Great Britain	5–1	Chile	3–0	2–1
Ireland	0–0 (4–3 p.s.o.)	Canada	0–0	0–0

See also

• Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Notes

1. As two of the four FIH Pro League qualifiers had already qualified for the Olympics through their confederation's tournaments, the two FIH Pro League qualifying spots were added to the (originally four) FIH World Rankings quota.
2. Argentina, Netherlands and New Zealand already qualified directly for the 2020 Summer Olympics by winning their continental championships, so they were replaced by the highest ranked teams not already qualified.
3. Japan finished in the top two and cannot qualify for the Olympic Qualifiers because they are already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the team that finished third does not automatically qualify for the FIH Olympic qualifiers. Any such additional place is determined by the FIH World Rankings as at the completion of the continental championships.

References

1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org (press release). International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
2. "Tokyo 2020 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
3. Regulations
4. Regulations
5. "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
6. FIH General Tournament Regulations March 2019
7. "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
8. FIH General Tournament Regulations March 2019
9. "FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers: draw live on 9 September". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.